DailyPost 773 PAKISTAN BANK HACKS WannaCry had created scare in the banks and lots of them suspended their online / card banking transcations temporarily. It was just a ghost then, now its back again as a major hack in Pakistan, in which almost all the banks have been hacked. It is difficult to say that
DailyPost 772 MACHINE LEARNING : THE OPEN SOURCE WAY Most of the digital research and product creation and even adoption is mired by company owned source codes / algorithms, patents , intellectual property, transfer of know how and the like. What superficially seems to be a level playing field is meticulously created and managed in
DailyPost 771 IN DEFENCE! What we are taught is to dream big, be audacious, think differently, be crazy to change the world, be a role model, live by example, excel in whatever you do; in reality life is on diametrically opposite trajectory. Ask anybody anything on any progress, update or likely goal not accomplishment and
DailyPost 770 VITIATED WORK ATMOSPHERE We all thought the glass & chrome buildings with central air conditioning, facilities like transport, canteen & gym, all types of travel & medical benefits & timely increments would create a an excellent working atmosphere. The race to become the best employer / happy employer was likely value add, that
DailyPost 769 FACEBOOK HAS DONE IT AGAIN! You can’t be third time unlucky in a quick succession, unless the system you have created is creaky. Facebook is facing this plight, from being the prima donna of social media world, today it’s very technical capability of handling data of 2 billion users is in question. Trust
DailyPost 768 AWARENESS & STUDY; A LIFE CYCLE! In this world of information overkill, wherever information can chase you beyond your imagination, there are innumerable agencies both in the public, provide and the NGO sector, which are incessantly pursuing awareness campaigns. If you question them on the relevance of lots of activities they indulge in,
DailyPost 767 FOREIGN CONSULTANCY Consultancy has come of age and wherever we venture out we find a consultant around. The vendors entered into the arena first, they had to, to deliver, unfortunately the delivery did not transform considerably. To set right the delivery mechanism, both in terms of quality and time, the consultancy companies moved
DailyPost 766 EVIDENCE – BASED POLICING It seems strange but true that there is a valid belief that policing remains unconnected to hard research. It is primarily being done on intuition, generally being in the reactive mode and over dependent on SOPs, procedures and processes to the exclusion of any outside research based intervention. Empirical
DailyPost 765 DO WE NEED A FUTURIST? Two/thirds of the companies which will rule the world in 2024 are either not born or are too small to be recognized as on date. Enterprises are in for total transformation or decimation. Governments have to completely reinvent themselves to make sense to be the electorate citizens. The
DailyPost 764 UNPLANNED FOR A CHANGE! Planning is a great art and has been celebrated for times immemorial as the ultimate tool to make things happen in a pre-programmed style. It has been working fine in most of the areas and world has surged ahead precisely this reason. The cost benefit analysis works in it’s
DailyPost 763 EDUCATION / KNOWLEDGE PHILANTHROPY From a few hundred rupees by unknown individuals to 85% of the earnings of the world’s biggest investor’s worth of US $45 billion, philanthropy runs deep into the human DNA. Bill Gates getting in full time into the self funded social service work of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
